PRAYAGRAJ, July 21 -- A woman was allegedly murdered by her husband on Saturday morning in Dharmapur village under Kohraur police station in Pratapgarh after she insisted on going to the doctor with him and not her sister-in-law.

First he hanged her with her dupatta, then killed her by hitting her with a brick on her head. The husband had himself called the police and informed them that his wife had died after falling from the stairs. However, on strict questioning the husband confessed his crime. Police sent the husband to jail on Sunday.

As per the police, on Saturday morning, Khalida, resident of Dharmapur village under Koraur police station had insisted her husband Aslam to accompany her to the doctor instead of her sister-in-law, a...